Our Lady of Guadalupe
Feast: December 12Title: Patroness of the Americas, Empress of the Americas, Our Lady of GuadalupePlace of Apparition: Tepeyac Hill, near
Hope, Endurance, and the Consolation of the Prophets: A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Advent
Readings:✠ Epistle: Romans 15:4–13✠ Gospel: Matthew 11:2–10 “For whatsoever things were written, were written for our instruction; that through patience
Tridentine Mass Propers December 12, 2025: Feria VI infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIs 30:30Pópulus Sion, ecce, Dóminus véniet ad salvándas gentes: et audítam fáciet Dóminus glóriam vocis suæ in lætítia cordis
Pope Saint Damasus I
Feast Day: December 11Papacy: A.D. 366–384Patronage: Archaeologists “He who walks before the footsteps of the martyrs shall not go astray,
“The Crown of the Flock and the Keys of the Kingdom”
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Damasus, Pope and Confessor – III Class Readings:✠ 1 Peter 5:1–4; 5:10–11✠ Matthew
Tridentine Mass Propers December 11, 2025: Feria IV infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIoann 21:15-17Si díligis me, Simon Petre, pasce agnos meos, pasce oves meas.Ps 29:2Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me, nec
Saint Christopher, Martyr
Feast Day: July 25 (formerly in the General Roman Calendar) Overview Saint Christopher is one of the most venerated saints
Reflection for the Feast of St. James the Greater, Apostle (II Classis)
Commemoration at Lauds only: St. Christopher, MartyrReadings: 1 Corinthians 4:9–15 and Matthew 20:20–23 “Can you drink the chalice that I
Tridentine Mass Propers July 25, 2025:
S. Jacobi Apostoli ~ II. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Christophori Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 138:17Mihi autem nimis honoráti sunt amíci tui,